Ypsilanti police responded to a complaint Friday by a person who said he was contacted by someone claiming to be on an IRS agent.

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Upon further investigation it was determined that the fake IRS agent was in fact someone in India, but that the phone number used came back to Washington D.C.

The “IRS agent” told the complainant that he had a warrant for his arrest due to back taxes. Police said in a report that the incident appears to be a Green Dot Money scam.

Scammers using this technique tell people that they need to buy Green Dot MoneyPak cards in order to pay a fee or debt that you supposedly owe. They then instruct people to provide the information from the card which allows them to take the money.